Bill Guiney | |
Fullname: | Wilfred Patterson Guiney |
Birth Date: | 13 April 1892 |
Birth Place: | New Zealand |
Death Date: | 29 January 1941 (48 years) |
Death Place: | New Zealand |
Club1: | Addington |
Year1start: | 1920 |
Appearances1: | 11 |
Tries1: | 4 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 12 |
Teama: | Canterbury |
Yearastart: | 1920 |
Appearancesa: | 3 |
Triesa: | 3 |
Goalsa: | 1 |
Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
Pointsa: | 11 |
Teamb: | New Zealand |
Yearbstart: | 1920 |
Appearancesb: | 1 |
Triesb: | 1 |
Goalsb: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
Pointsb: | 3 |
Source: | [1] |
New: | yes |
Wilfred Patterson "Bill" Guiney[2] is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand .
Guiney represented Addington in the Canterbury Rugby League competition.[3] In 1920 he was selected to play for New Zealand against Great Britain. In the second test match, played at Lancaster Park, he scored New Zealand's try in their 19–3 defeat.[4]
He married Marjorie Ross Hawley on 13 July 1926. He died in 1941 leaving behind his wife and a 13 year old son, 12 year old daughter and 3 year old son. He had spent time in Australia and served in the Divisional Ammunition Column of the Australian Imperial Force.[5]